Thursday, December 11, 2014

Making Painted Sugar Cookies

The boys had been begging to make and decorate sugar cookies and since I certainly had the time today seemed like a good day. Using our favorite sugar cookie recipe (OK-- our favorite bag of sugar cookie mix that we add butter, flour and egg to) we got ready to make our cookies.

I opened a few cans of evaporated skim milk and divided the milk between a few small glass bowls (mugs work well too) and we added a few drops of food coloring making as many colors as we wanted. Today we made red, yellow, green, blue and purple.

When I had all the trays filled with raw cookie shapes, all the sprinkles put out on the table, and all the colored milk paint ready to go with clean brushes I called them in and they happily set to work. I love sharing this tradition with my boys that I remember doing with my family when I was a kid. I made four trays this year so I sat with the kids and painted the cookies too. It was fun and festive and a great way to start our day.

Once painted and decorated we just bake and cool as the package directions tell us.

The boys did a great job with these cookies! This is my favorite holiday cookie, but for whatever reason I never seem to make them. Plus, I have always wanted to paint sugar cookies, and haven't done that either. My plan for this year is to spend more time doing things I enjoy, rather than spending all of my time cooking and cleaning for a big party. So, this year I decided to not host my big party and try to enjoy the holiday season. Hopefully, cookie baking will be in there somewhere. Great post!

We stopped hosting a few years ago too; while I hated not being able to host I just needed a break and time to remember that the holidays were supposed to be fun. Hopefully you'll find some time for baking!

Ah they look fab. We're rubbish at making biscuits. I always burn them. I mean the children only really like decorating them but it would be nice to be able to make some that look AND taste good. Thanks for joining us at #familyfun